Koby Avital is a strategic advisor at enterprise software development company NearForm and a board member of the Linux Foundation – he has served as EVP of Technology Platforms for Walmart, and acted in technology leadership roles for FitBit, Priceline.com, and Paypal. I sat down with him to understand how to deliver on digital transformation goals, based on his ten years’ experience in this field. What do you see as the central problem with digital transformation? Most large companies have huge budgets and thousands of engineers working on digital and organizational transformation. In the last ten years, I have spent most of my time working on making these transformations successful. I have watched organizations try to deliver on it, but fail to satisfy the business and make the transition in their first attempt. With digital transformation, many organizations look out at the promised land in front of them but have serious obstacles to get there. Why? Because it is not just a tech play; it is about culture, people, focus, and constant tradeoffs around what ‘good enough’ means. When CTOs and CIOs attempt to transform their tech ecosystem, they find this is most likely the most complex initiative of […]
K&X Design and Investment Technology, LLC
Invest The Invisible Impact
K&X Design and Investment Technology, LLC
Invest The Invisible Impact
